Innovation

Facility Grid Acquires PingCx To Build Unified Building Lifecycle Software Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Facility Grid has acquired PingCx, an autonomous commissioning platform for building automation systems, as it expands from construction commissioning software into a broader building lifecycle technology platform.

Corbel Capital Partners And Sea Pine Equity Partners Invest In Executive Exteriors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Corbel Capital Partners and Sea Pine Equity Partners have invested in Executive Exteriors, a Texas-based provider of specialty roofing and exterior restoration services.

White Star Capital Closes $250 Million Fund IV To Back Series A And B Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

White Star Capital has held the final close of Fund IV at $250 million, giving the global venture capital firm additional capital to back technology companies at the Series A and Series B stages.

Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners Raises $5.4 Billion For Fund VII And Related Vehicles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners has raised $5.4 billion of total investable capital through the final close of Comvest Credit Partners VII and related transaction vehicles, representing the largest fundraising effort in the private credit platform’s history.

Actualyze AI Raises $7 Million Seed Round And Emerges From Stealth With Enterprise AI Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Actualyze AI has emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding and launched an enterprise platform designed to govern, secure, operate, and optimize AI model usage through a common infrastructure layer.

JIJ Raises $5.2 Million To Expand AI And Quantum Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

JIJ has raised JPY 840 million, or approximately $5.2 million, in equity financing to expand its AI-enabled mathematical optimization platform, quantum computing technologies, and international operations.

Lotus Infrastructure Partners Raises About $1.8 Billion Across Infrastructure Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Lotus Infrastructure Partners has raised approximately $1.8 billion in total capital commitments across Lotus Infrastructure Fund IV investments, future co-investment opportunities, and a single-asset continuation vehicle.

Firefly Capital Management Acquires Gravity To Expand Critical Power Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Firefly Capital Management and its affiliates have acquired Gravity Power & Rental, a provider of mobile power generation and equipment rental infrastructure.

Bookmark Medical Acquires Village Medical Michigan, Adding More Than 40,000 Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Bookmark Medical has completed its acquisition of Village Medical Michigan, marking its entry into Michigan and expanding its provider-led healthcare network to four states. The deal adds seven primary care practices, a diagnostic center, and Huron Valley Practice Affiliates, an independent physician organization, to Bookmark Medical.

Bridge Tower Acquires 114-Unit Villas At Sunterra Build-To-Rent Community In Texas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Bridge Tower has acquired Villas at Sunterra, a 114-unit build-to-rent community in Katy, Texas, expanding its portfolio of single-family rental communities in the Houston metropolitan area.

Globant: Glob.AI ARR Jumps 61% In One Quarter To $52.8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Globant's Glob.AI annual recurring revenue reached $52.8 million in the second quarter of 2026, increasing 61% sequentially as the company accelerates its transition toward AI-driven services and new consumption- and outcome-based pricing models.

Intuitive Machines: National Security Revenue Jumps From 3% To 30% As It Books $1.22 Billion Of Awards

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Intuitive Machines' national security revenue expanded from 3% of its business a year ago to 30% in the second quarter of 2026 as the space infrastructure company also booked approximately $1.22 billion of awards from the beginning of Q2 through early Q3.

Cellebrite: New Products Are Contributing More To Net New ARR As Platform Supports Nearly 3 Million Investigations Annually

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Cellebrite says its newer products are contributing more meaningfully to net new annual recurring revenue than they were a year ago as the company expands an AI-powered digital investigation platform that supports nearly 3 million legally sanctioned investigations annually.

YETI: Coolers & Equipment Growth Outpaces Drinkware Eightfold

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

YETI’s Coolers & Equipment business grew eight times faster than Drinkware during the second quarter of 2026, highlighting the company’s increasing diversification beyond the drinkware products that have historically been one of its most visible categories.

Bullish Subscription And Services Revenue Hits Record $62.7 Million Despite Softer Trading Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Bullish generated record subscription, services and other revenue of $62.7 million during the second quarter of 2026, helping the institutional digital asset platform grow adjusted revenue sharply even as its core trading market softened.

Beeline Ends Q2 With No Corporate Debt As It Tries To Minimize Future Dilution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Beeline Holdings ended the second quarter of 2026 with no corporate debt as the technology-driven mortgage lender and fractional equity platform focuses on improving operating performance while managing liquidity and capital deployment with an emphasis on minimizing shareholder dilution.

Paysafe: Merchant Solutions EBITDA Jumps 28% While Digital Wallets Fall 9% And Total Debt Drops $106.3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Paysafe's Merchant Solutions adjusted EBITDA increased 28% year-over-year during the second quarter of 2026, while Digital Wallets adjusted EBITDA declined 9%, highlighting diverging profitability trends across its two major businesses as the payments company simultaneously reduced total debt by $106.3 million from year-end.

Stratasys: Aerospace And Defense Revenue Jumps 17% As New Order Pipeline Builds And Second-Half Cash Flow Is Expected To Turn Positive

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Stratasys' Aerospace and Defense revenue increased 17% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2026 as adoption expands across its largest and highest-value vertical, while the 3D printing company expects operating cash flow to turn positive during the second half of the year.

Newsmax: Licensing Revenue Surges 563.5% As AI And International Deals Expand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Newsmax's broadcasting licensing revenue rose 563.5% year over year in the second quarter of 2026 as the media company expands its strategy around artificial intelligence content agreements, international brand licensing, and foreign-market channel launches.

Wolverine Worldwide: International Revenue Jumps 10.9% To $277.2 Million As First-Half Operating Cash Flow Turns Positive

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Wolverine Worldwide's international revenue rose 10.9% year over year to $277.2 million in the second quarter of 2026, as growth across brands including Merrell and Saucony helped the footwear company raise its full-year outlook, while first-half operating cash flow turned positive.

Delightree Raises $25 Million To Build Agentic AI Operating System For Franchise And Multi-Unit Brands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Delightree has raised $25 million from Innovius, Accel, Timber Grove Ventures, and Emergent to expand its AI-powered operating system for franchise and multi-location businesses. The financing will support expansion across restaurants, fitness, wellness, retail, healthcare, home services, and other industries with large frontline workforces.

Convex Raises $57 Million Series B, Bringing Total Funding To $110.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Convex has raised $57 million in Series B funding to expand its backend development platform as AI coding agents produce a growing share of software. Insight Partners led the round, with participation from Etna Labs and existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Spark Capital. The financing brings Convex’s total funding to $110.5 million.

Above Security Receives Strategic Investment From CrowdStrike Falcon Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Above Security has received a strategic investment from the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund and announced an integration with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform.

Blue Owl Closes European Net Lease Fund With €1.6 Billion In Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Blue Owl Capital has closed its inaugural European net lease fund with €1.6 billion in total capital commitments, exceeding both its original €1 billion target and previous €1.5 billion hard cap.

Skeena Plans Ore Mining And Stockpiling As Eskay Creek Moves Toward 2027 Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Skeena Gold & Silver is preparing to begin ore mining and stockpiling at the Eskay Creek Gold-Silver Project as construction progresses toward initial production and cash flow in the second quarter of 2027.

dLocal’s Local-To-Local Payment Volume Surges 141% To $10.8 Billion As Pay-Ins More Than Double

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

dLocal's local-to-local payment volume rose 141% year over year to $10.8 billion in the second quarter of 2026, while pay-in volume more than doubled to $13.4 billion as ride-hailing, e-commerce, travel, and other digital businesses expanded across emerging markets.

Celcuity Holds $754 Million To Fund Operations Into 2029 As Gedatolisib Triplet Nearly Doubles Median PFS Versus Alpelisib

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Celcuity ended the second quarter of 2026 with $754 million of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, giving the biotechnology company what it expects to be sufficient capital to fund operations at least into 2029 as it prepares to commercialize REVTORPYK and expand the potential market for gedatolisib.

Golar Sees Strong Demand For Additional Argentina LNG Volumes Beyond 2 Million-Ton SEFE Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Golar LNG says Southern Energy has received strong interest from prospective offtakers for additional LNG volumes from its Argentina export project beyond an existing eight-year agreement to sell 2 million tonnes annually to Securing Energy for Europe.

Wellinks Raises $10 Million Series B To Expand Predictive Cardiopulmonary Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Wellinks has closed its first Series B round, raising $10 million from UMass Memorial Health and existing investors to accelerate commercial growth of its predictive cardiopulmonary care platform.

Beedie Capital Acquires 50% Stake In Vistara Growth And Commits Up To $125 Million To New $500 Million Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Beedie Capital has acquired a 50% ownership interest in Vistara Growth and agreed to become the anchor investor in Vistara’s upcoming US$500 million Structured Opportunities Fund.